On 12 Jul 2002, it is alleged that Gervase Markham sauntered in to netscape.public.mozilla.documentation and loudly proclaimed:
>> Madame, > > Just a note: I know this is supposed to be polite, but when I read > "Madame", I think "woman who keeps a brothel." I'd just call her > Mitchell, if I were you :-) > > Gerv Naw, you're confusing 'Madame' (my lady) with 'Madam' (woman who keeps a brothel). Or something like that. :-) /b.
